Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP) - Full Time Honolulu, HI

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP) who lives locally on the Island and has recent experience, or is willing to relocate to Honolulu. The ideal candidate should be flexible to work overnight shifts in the NICU department.

Essential Responsibilities

• Interprets antenatal/perinatal health history.
• Assesses gestational age.
• Performs resuscitation of newborns in delivery room and Neonatal Units using bag and mask, laryngoscopy, endotracheal intubation, cardiac compressions, intravenous access, and emergency medications.
• Performs physical exams and evaluations on infants in the Delivery, Neonatal, and Mother-Baby Units.
• Performs specialized procedures on high-risk infants such as umbilical artery and vein catheterization, endotracheal intubation, suprapubic bladder tap, lumbar puncture, peripheral central venous catheterization, peripheral artery catheterization, needle aspiration of pneumothorax, sepsis work-ups, and other procedures following clinical competencies for advanced practice.
• Orders/interprets lab tests, radiographs, and routine diagnostics including routine Newborn Screening, head ultrasounds, ophthalmic retinal, and outpatient evaluations.
• Prescribes phototherapy, antimicrobial therapy, and enteral/parenteral nutrition and supplements.
• Makes rounds on designated patients, evaluates care and progress, develops a plan, writes orders, documents admissions, resuscitations, assessments, procedures, progress notes, and discharge summaries.
• Collaborates with attending MD regarding treatment plans of assigned infants.
• Develops, implements, reviews, and revises standards, procedures, protocols, and practice guidelines for Neonatal Care, keeping current with standards, issues, and implications for advanced practice nursing.
• Keeps current with current research, trends, and technology in the Neonatal Units.
• Serves as a clinical resource to staff, identifies learning needs, implements formal and informal educational programs, maintains current knowledge and skills in the Neonatal area, utilizes cost-effective resources, provides input to Hospital/Regional Committees for planning, policy development, patient care, and quality improvement issues and activities.
• May provide direct patient care on an as-needed basis, providing services that are within scope of license and in compliance with all legal, regulatory, and policy requirements relevant to clinical role performed.
• Incorporates the Nursing Vision, Model, and Values throughout their Nursing Practice.

Basic Qualifications

• Minimum two years of experience as a neonatal care nurse practitioner.
• Master's degree in nursing.
• Registered Nurse License (Hawaii) required at hire.
• Advanced Practice Registered Nurse License (Hawaii).
• Basic Life Support from American Heart Association.
• Valid Hawaii APRN Recognition with Prescriptive Authority for Hawaii State APRN prescriptive authority.

Additional Requirements

• Skilled in-patient advocate role to ensure patient-centered focus.
• Strong patient assessment skills.
• Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in leadership, teaching, interpersonal relations, customer service, problem-solving, and decision-making.
• Taxonomy code required at time of hire.

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum one year of Nurse Practitioner experience in an acute care setting.
• Two years of Neonatal NP experience working in the last two years.